Bangkok Post
PM Anutin wants water retention areas around Bangkok
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Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has ordered the Department of Public Works and Town & Country Planning to study ways to develop water retention areas around Bangkok in order to prevent future floods.
Key facts
- Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has ordered the Department of Public Works and Town & Country Planning to study ways to develop water retention areas around Bangkok in order to prevent future floods.
- Mr Anutin, who supervises the department in his capacity as the interior minister, said his decision was inspired by a proposal made by Atavit Suwanpakdee, an MP with the United Thai Nation Party, a coalition partner.
- However, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration determined the project in question was not cost-effective, with land expropriation and infrastructure development costs alone estimated at 11 billion baht.
- United Thai Nation Party MP Atavit Suwanpakdee, speaking on Oct 1, accuses Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt of “abandoning”
Summary
Mr Anutin, who supervises the department in his capacity as the interior minister, said his decision was inspired by a proposal made by Atavit Suwanpakdee, an MP with the United Thai Nation Party, a coalition partner.
Mr Atavit recently accused Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt of “abandoning” a water retention project in the Bung Khu Bon area proposed by King Rama IX to prevent flooding in northern Bangkok.